Auto screen



Feb. 5, 1929. 1,701,024

v w. l. WELLMAN ET AL AUTO SCREEN Filed Dec. 20, 1926 avwam fom PatentedFeb. 5, 1929.

PATENT.

FFICE;

WALTER I. WELLMAN AND JAMES M. DUNN, OF GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.

AUTO SCREEN.

Application filed December 20,1926. Serial No. 155,942.

The present invention relates to screens and more particularly screensespecially des1gned for use in connection w1th doors and Windows ofclosed vehicle bodies.

' vide a screen of this character wherein the frame is constructed offlexible metal to the end that the screen may be bent in such a way asto permit-it to be positioned in the window guides of the window frameso that when the screen frame is released, it will automatically assumea position in close engagement with the guides to hold the screen framein position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an operatingmechanism whereby the.

screening idea may be carried out in such a way that the screen maybecome a permanent part of the vehicle structure to be raised andlowered at the will of the operator.

lViththe foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and Varrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it beingunderstoocl that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating a screen frame aspositioned within the guides of a window and illustrating the operatingmeans.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing the connection betweenthe operating arm and screen frame. a

Referring to the drawings indetail, the reference character 5 indicatesa door or window frame of a closed motor vehicle body, which is providedwith the usual lateral guides indicated at 6 and the well 7 in which theusual window moves.

In the present showing,the' screen frame which isindicated generally bythe reference character 8 is formed of sheet metal, the same being bentupon itself to clamp the wire mesh material of which the screen isformed, therebetween, in a manner as shown by Figure 3, the wire meshmaterial being indicateclby. the reference character 9.

A'bar such as indicated at 10 is secured along the lower edge of thebottom of the screen frame, the same being provided with an elongatedopening 11 in which the pin 12,

that extendslaterally from the operating arm '13 moves. This arm 13 isof a length each that whenthe screen is in its closed or activeposition, the bar will be supported in a vertical position to properlysupport the weight of the screen. i An enlargement indicated at 14 isformed at one end ofthe arm 13, the same being provided withtecthdefining a segmental gear, meshing with the teeth 15 of the gear 16mounted on one end of the horizontal shaft 17 supported within the well7, at the bottom thereof.

Bearings indicated at 18 providethe support for the shaft 17, andprovide means whereby the. shaft may be rotated with the minimum amountof exertion on the part of the operator.

At the inner end of the shaft 17 is a substantially small gear 19 thatmeshes with the larger gear 20 mounted on the inner end of the shaft 21that carries the finger piece 22 at its outer end, the shaft 21 beingshown as extending through one wall of the well 7.

Positioned, within the well is a plate 23 that carries a laterallyextended shaft 24 providing the pivot for the arm 13.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to this construction, aperson may by operating the finger piece 22, raise the screen to aposition as shown by Figure 1 to close the opening which has been madeby moving the usual window of the vehicle, the window being indicated bythe reference character 25, to its closed position. a

We claim: n

In a movable screen frame having a bar secured along its lower edge .andhaving an elongated opening formed therein, an operating deviceincluding bearings, a horizontal shaft supported in the bearings; asmall gear on one end of the shaft and a large gear on arm and movablein the elongated opening to move the screen frame to its active orinactive position.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaliixed our signatures.

WALTER I. WELLMAN. JAMES M. DUNN.

